When I am optimizing pages for private practice owners, I have found that there are three common mistakes therapists make with their websites. I see these mistakes come up again and again and again. Let’s take a look at these mistakes, and learn how we can edit our websites to better optimize them for SEO […]
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Do I need photos on my pages or blog posts for my counseling website? YES! Photos can help boost your SEO! When we optimize pages or blog posts for your counseling website, we write the alt text for each photo with keywords you are trying to rank for […]
2 Things to Add to Your Therapist Website
2 Sections to Include on Most Pages of Your Website for SEO There are two important sections to include on most pages of your website. When we are optimizing your pages at Simplified SEO Consulting, we will add these to all service pages and all blog posts, and we’ll talk about incorporating elements of them […]
Best Use of Your Time: Joe Sanok’s Advice for Practice Owners
Consider the best use of your time as a private practice owner Dependent on your phase of practice you need to focus on what the best use of your time is. Most clinicians will not focus on their use of time, they will answer their own calls, clean their own office, get the drinks for […]
Getting High Quality Backlinks: SEO Tips and Tricks
Backlinks for Therapists Mason here to add my two cents on what exactly high quality backlinks are and how to go about getting them. At this point, perhaps you know what a backlink is. A backlink is a link from someone else’s website to yours. These help Google know that you are an authority as […]
Why Search Engine Optimization for Mental Health Professionals is so Important
Perhaps you’ve started a private practice counseling clinic, and your new website doesn’t seem to get be getting much traffic. Maybe when searching keywords that you think you should rank for on Google, your webpages are nowhere to be seen. You might even wonder how the sites of other therapists in your area rank so […]
How Long Should Blog Posts be to Help SEO?
I have a confession. I love writing blog posts. In fact, earlier in my practice when I had more time I was literally publishing two blog posts per week on my counseling website! However, after a year of helping other therapists on their website I realize not everyone enjoys writing blogs. In fact, most of […]
Do I need a Website Designer?
Up until now, you’ve managed your own website. Maybe it’s out of necessity….creating your own website saved some money. Maybe it’s because you’re the DIY type. I know there’s a huge thrill in creating something yourself AND it gives you the ultimate control over your own brand. But let’s face it….managing your own website can […]
3 Important Tips for Writing a Guest Blog Post
Writing a guest blog post can be a great way to get more backlinks for your website! I highly recommend reaching out to there therapists and asking if you can write a blog post for their site, or better yet write one for each other’s site so you get fresh content on your site as […]
Page Speed for Therapist Websites
Why a post about website speed? First of all, why is an SEO gal talking about speed? Because Google (and other search engines! I don’t discriminate against Yahoo or Bing or any others!) like speed. They know that website viewers in the year 2019 are impatient. We get spoiled by fast websites across the web, […]